Why exception from os.path.exists()?

[Richard Damon]

On 6/2/18 7:47 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Paul Moore wrote:
>> Windows (the kernel) has the
>> capability to implement fork(), but this isn't exposed via the Win32
>> API. To implement fork() you need to go to the raw kernel layer. Which
>> is basically what the Windows Linux subsystem (bash on Windows 10)
>> does
>
> What people usually mean by "POSIX compliant" is not "it's
> possible to implement the POSIX API on top of it". By that
> definition, a raw PC without any software is POSIX compliant.
>
But it isn't just that it is possible, Microsoft provides that layer, it
just isn't the normal API they suggest using and needs to be explicitly
enabled.

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Richard Damon